How to make the best of a city visit: travel tips – money, accommodation, transportation, shopping etc.
While traveling we want to make the best of every place we visit. Sometimes we realize after getting back home or reaching in another place that we could have seen/done more in our trip. This ...
Photo of the week: African Buffalo coming towards the car – Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve, South Africa
I chose to show you this week a sneak peek at a post (rather a photo essay) on Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in South Africa (close to Johannesburg). Many interesting photos made by my ...
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Video(s) of the week: Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal. According to visitlisboa.com, legend has it that Lisboa was founded by Ulysses. The name comes from “Olissipo”, which has its origins in the Phoenician words “Allis Ubbo”, meaning “en
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The big winner – Eager Existence – Beach Holiday in Phuket, Thailand
The moment of posting the first prize winning article is here. It has been a great journey - and thank you all for paticipating once again. Thank you Silvia Ceriegi from Trippando, and thank you Cristiana from Hotel Acacie. And now: the post of
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Eric turns 7 months today
Each day brings a new discovery for my son. I must admit that it seems time flies. Today, Eric turns 7 months. I don't know when did the time passed. Here he is in an interesting position: he's on his belly, with the head on a side, but covered
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Paper-Plane Travel – second prize post
The second place and the second prize in the contest organized with Silvia Ceriegi from Trippando offering prizes at Hotel Acacie in Elba Island went to Paper-Plane Travel‘s blogger Albena Krasteva who wrote a post called Moments in Time - Beach.
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50.5 million – New York Record Number Of Visitors
Even the most optimistic projections weren’t able to predict the final number: 50.5 million – a record number of visitors in New York City, number offered by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and NYC & Company, New York City’s offici
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Girovagate – 7 wonders of mine – 3rd prize in the contest
Yes, the contest organized with Silvia Ceriegi from Trippando offering prizes at Hotel Acacie in Elba Island is over. The winners were announced and, as we mentioned in the rules, the three winning posts are republished on this blog and on Trippando.
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Prostitution brings $20,000 in taxes for Bonn, Germany
They say prostitution is the oldest job in the world. However, nowadays, it is not a recognized job in every country. There are disputes over the utility of recognizing prostitution, one of the arguments used being taxes for the state/country. Of cou
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And the winners of Trippando’s and Travel – Moments in Time’s competition are…
Dear bloggers, we enjoyed all your entries very much. But we should only choose three winners. Since your blogs are very interesting and your entries great, all of you win an interview on Trippando. You may write to silvia.ceriegi@alice.it and get i
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The Romanian Traditional Costume Museum
The Romanian Traditional Costume Museum is a new museum that I’ve discovered in Bucharest, with a rich collection of textiles, especially costumes belonging to the Romanian peasants. Located in the House of Parliament via The People’s
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Record visitor number in hotels for Abu Dhabi
It seems that it has been a great year for Abu Dhabi, due to the fact that the total number of people staying in the emirate’s hotels and hotel apartments was 2,111,611. This is an unexpected number even for the locals. According to an official
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